When we were making "Saint John of Las Vegas" we talked about America's Las Vegas economy. That the American Dream had morphed into the American Jackpot. If success was 90% showing up than we wanted to leverage showing up to borrow the other 10%. This review in the Las Cruces Sun is the first to really touch on this theme.
"We can all sympathize with someone like John, who at least has a big, stucco palace with no foreclosure sign in front of it, has a car that's not being eyed by repo, has a job where the cubicles are disappearing as positions and salaries are "downsized," and can — in those few seconds scratching a quarter across a gleam of bronze wax, or leaning on green felt, strategizing like James Bond, can still dream."
You can read the full review here.